Vanity case



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E, w. LOESSER VANITY CASE Filed Sept. l7. 1923 INVENTOR ATTOR Y Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES ERNEST W. LOESSER, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VANITY CASE.

Application filed September 17. 1923. Serial No. 663,158.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST W. LOESSER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved vanity case in which the box is provided with a powder compact, the compact in turn having a recess in which fits a second box adapted to receive rouge or the like. The second box is much smaller than the compact and is not of a size to interfere with the application of a putt to the compact.

cording to my invention. Figure 2 is a cross section of the box shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 1s a View slmllar to Figure 2 but of a modified construction. Figure 4: 1s a perspective View partly in section showing an-,

other modification. Figure 5 is a plan View of a box with still another modification, and Figure 6 is a perspective view of a compact used in the form illustrated in Figure 5.

The vanity case comprises a main box 10 which is of the usual tray-like form provided with any ordinary form of cover 11 usually hinged, this cover having a mirror 12 on the inner face. The box receives the compact 13 which is in the form of a cake of face powder, this being adapted to be replaced by another if it is used up thus constituting a refill compact. The compacts 13 are reinforced at the bottom by a metal plate 14;.

In my construction of box, the compact does not take up all the space in the box since it is recessed and in this recess is placed a second box and in Figure 1 I show the second box 15 placed in the centre of the compact, the second box having any suitable form of closure or lid 16. The second box is adapted to contain rouge and being much smaller it carries usually sufficient rouge to be exhausted about the same time that the powder compact is used up. The rouge is shown at 17 and is adapted to support a small putt 18 which fits in the second box and over which the lid 16 is adapted to be closed and the main box is adapted to re ceive the powder puff 19, which approximately fits the main box.

The second box 15 can be made in the form of a refill or detachable box as shown in Figure 2, the box 15 being slidable from the bottom inside of the flanged part 20 of \F tint, or any other reason makes such substitution desirable.

In Figure 3, I show the box 15 secured permanently to the bottom plate 14 of the compact and in Figure 4 I illustrate a construction in which the second box 15 is secured directly to the bottom 22 of the main box 10 so that the compact 13 with a central opening, can be inserted over or Withdrawn from the box 15 which remains in the box 10.

In Figure 5, I show a construction in which the recess 23 in the compact receives the second box 24 which in this view, is shown as secured to the main box 10 at one edge thereof, leaving a large portion of the compact exposed for contact with the pufl 19. The lid 16 is usually hinged so as to swing at right angles to the swinging movement of the lid 11 so that it does not obstruct the mirror 12.

I claim:

1. In a vanity case a compact of powder including a bottom plate and a flange, the compact having an opening therein, and a box insertible in the flange and projecting into the opening and carried when in place by the compact.

2. In a vanity case a compact of powder including a bottom plate and a flange, the compact having an opening therein, and a box insertible in the flange and projecting into the opening from the bottom and when in place extending to the top of the compact, and a lid for the box which lid when shut forms a part of the top surface of the compact.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 14th day of September, 1923.

ERNEST W. LOESSER. 

